New Age of Heroes 1: The League of Protectors - Dawn of a New Age (28 page)

Shayne charged
forward and swung at Seth. Seth used his speed ability to evade
Shayne’s punch. He countered with his own punch to the chest of
Shayne. Shayne found himself tumbling backwards from the impact.

“Are you ok?”
Bianca asked.

“I'm good.”

Jackson placed his
hands downward and created freezing ice on the ground which he used
to slide over to Erik. Jackson slid towards the man and froze the
left side of Erik’s body.

“Stop messing
around!” Seth called back as he charged forward towards Shayne.
Seth trapped Shayne with a wall of fire. Shayne looked surprised by
Seth’s manipulation of fire, but then he remembered that Seth
was able to absorb and use the abilities of others. “I don’t
think anyone will be distracting us now!” Seth said.

He gave Shayne a
condescending smile and charged forward. Shayne shifted his body to
the side and waited for Seth to get closer. As Seth closed in on
Shayne, Shayne delivered a flawless kick straight to Seth’s
face. The man tumbled backwards. He got up with a confused
expression.

“You might be
able to absorb abilities, but you can't mimic natural skill,”
Shayne said with a huge smile on his face. Seth was less than amused.

Seth charged
forward but was tripped by Bianca who used her phasing ability to
bypass the wall of fire.

“Nice one B!”
Shayne called out. Bianca smiled and exited the fire to check on
Jackson and Erik. Jackson and Erik found themselves engaged in a duel
between fire and electricity. Which element would prevail? Jackson
was clearly exerting more energy than Erik was, but for the time
being, neither man could get the upper hand.

“You might as
well let go. There's no way you have enough skill to overpower me!”
Erik said.

Bianca ran towards
Erik, but Erik sent a bolt of electricity that caught her pretty
well. The distraction gave Jackson the opportunity he needed. Jackson
thrust both hands forward and unleashed a gigantic bolt of ice
freezing Erik completely. He quickly ran over to check on Bianca. She
was burned pretty badly, but her healing factor would help her
recover soon. Jackson kept an eye on Erik who was still frozen from
the powerful blast. Jackson then turned his attention over to his
best friend Shayne. He couldn’t see what was taking place due
to the wall of fire. The young man unleashed another blast of ice
that melted the burning wall of fire. When Jackson looked to check on
the progress of the battle, he saw Seth lying on his back defeated.

“Now that's
what I'm talking about bro, that's how it's done!” Jackson
exclaimed. Shayne noticed Bianca and quickly ran over to her.

“She’ll
be okay. Her healing factor will take care of those burns.”
Jackson said.

Shayne dropped to
one knee and lifted Bianca into his arms.“Let’s get her
back on the jet.”

“What about
Erik and Seth?” Jackson asked. Shayne instructed Jackson to
watch the two men while he got Bianca safely on the jet.

“Shayne, this
is Stephanie do you copy?” Stephanie’s voice sounded
panicked.

“This is
Shayne go ahead.”

“Shayne, I’m
detecting another power surge heading in your direction. The readings
on this individual are off the chart. Make sure you guys stay alert.
Watch your back.”

“Shayne!”
Jackson yelled, his voice sounded extremely desperate. Shayne did not
get a chance to end communication with Stephanie. Someone else did
that as his com link went dead.

A powerful bolt of
energy hurled itself towards Shayne. As quick as Shayne was, the bolt
caught him by surprised and connected with a devastating blow.
Jackson looked on angrily at the one responsible for attacking
Shayne. He pushed his hands forward and let loose a ball of ice. A
woman in white who stood on the opposite end of Jackson easily evaded
the attempt.

Frustrated, Jackson
let loose with a barrage of ice balls all directed at the woman. One
by one the woman evaded the attacks and with the simplest of ease
countered with a massive ball of energy. The energy blast knocked
Jackson backwards several feet rendering him unconscious. She slowly
levitated over towards Seth and undid the binds that Shayne had put
him in. She instructed Seth to unfreeze Erik. On command, Seth used
his recently acquired fire ability to melt the ice away.

“Did we beat
them?” Erik asked as melted ice dripped from his body.

“No thanks to
you!” the woman hissed.

“After such
success with the prison escape, I was expecting quite a bit more from
you. The Leader will not be pleased to hear of your short comings.”

The woman in white
looked around for something. She had a look of panic, like she had
lost something valuable to her. “Where’s the girl?”
Seth and Erik looked around the area but saw no sign of Bianca or the
jet.

“Get us out
of here. Make sure you grab those two, they're coming with us,”
she hissed. The woman gave another quick look around the area for
Bianca but Bianca was no were to be found.

Bianca waited until
the woman in white, Erik, and Seth left before she uncloaked the Star
Foxx Jet. She quickly dialed Mr. Connors and apprised him of the
situation.

27

The
Heavyweights

The local police
fired on Joe Dorgan ineffectively. Bullet after bullet plunged
forward and bounced right back off the massive man. Joe laughed
hysterically as he continued down the street of the small suburban
area fifteen miles outside of downtown Atlanta. Joe hurled cars
through house windows and garages for the hell of it. He smashed cars
into the shape of basketballs and chucked them at the police.
Overwhelmed, police officers did their best to evade the onslaught of
Joe's wrath.

“This is
getting out of control Lou!” one of the police officers said to
his fellow officer.

“Getting?
This was out of control the minute that freak stepped foot in our
direction. We need G.U.A.R.D immediately.”

“G.U.A.R.D
can't do anything against this guy. We need those freaks to combat
this freak. We need the League of Protectors!” the other
officer said.

As if on cue,
Jason, Jessica and Noah dropped down in front of the officers. The
heavyweights so to speak had arrived.

“Fall back
gentlemen, let us take it from here,” Jason said.

“I certainly
hope you guys can do something about this man. He's going to destroy
the whole city at this rate!” the first officer said.

“We’ve
got this Sir, grab your men and get out of here.”

The police officers
had no problem following that particular order. No one in their right
mind wanted to combat Joe Dorgan.

“You and I
have some unfinished business Shaw!”Joe shouted.

Joe charged towards
Jason completely disregarding Jessica and Noah's presence. Noah
noticed one of the damaged vehicles nearby and used his telekinesis
to lift the vehicle off the ground. Using heavy concentration, Noah
chucked the vehicle towards Joe. Joe swatted the vehicle away as if
it was a bug. Noah quickly concentrated on another vehicle and moved
his hands forward. The vehicle shook a bit before leaving the ground.
Noah motioned his hands forward and the vehicle hurled itself at Joe.
This time, Noah motioned the vehicle to make contact with the lower
part of Joe’s body. The flying vehicle cut low and tripped
Joe’s feet, causing Joe to fall.

He was more
embarrassed than hurt, but still found it necessary to turn his
attention to Noah.

“Guess you
should've paid more attention to us as well,” Jessica said.

Joe made a sound
that could be best described as that of a bear or maybe a lion. Noah,
Jason and Jessica looked at one another perplexed by the weird sound
the man had just made.

“I think he's
taking this animalistic nature thing a bit too seriously,”
Jessica stated.

Severely pissed,
Joe grabbed the vehicle responsible for tripping him and angrily
threw it at Noah. Noah used a massive force of concentration to
create a force field. The car bounced off the force field and fell
hard to the ground. Joe was visibly angered.

“What’s
wrong? Not having much fun?” Jessica asked with the intentions
of keeping Dorgan off his game. The group had to remember that Joe
Dorgan was strong, very strong, but he wasn't the smartest one
around. Their intentions were to keep him unfocused and frustrated.

“I’m
just getting warmed up little lady, just you wait, you three will be
begging for me to spare your lives soon enough!”

The massive man
charged forward but was caught with a well concentrated energy blast
from Jason. Joe looked surprised.

“You didn’t
think you saw the extent of my abilities did you?” Jason asked.
His face was lit up with amusement as Joe looked at them with a
perplexing look. What you saw was me holding back. What you saw was
me trying to remind myself that your life has meaning, that it has
value. You seem intent on being destructive, so I have no choice but
to show you just how destructive I can be as well!”

Joe slapped himself
in the face, psyching himself up to unleash even more carnage. He
walked across the street and grabbed two cars that were parked in the
driveway. Joe used the two cars as shields and charged forward.

“Fall back!”
Jason ordered Jessica and Noah. With a car in each hand, Joe lifted
the cars over his head and drove it downward. Jessica dodged to her
left just in the nick of time. Joe swung the other car but Jason
punched a hole right through the center of the vehicle.

“Give it up
Joe; you aren’t going to win this fight.” Jason drove
Joe’s arm backwards forcing the massive man off balance. Joe
began to stumble. He threw the car in his right hand at Jason, but
Jason caught it with ease. Jason threw the car back at Joe, but Joe
used the car in his left hand as a baseball bat. The cars connected
with one another and found themselves heading towards Jessica.

“Look out!”
Noah pleaded as Jessica seemed unaware of the incoming danger. Noah
used his telekinesis to redirect the incoming vehicle.

Jessica smiled and
Noah smiled back. Jason found himself distracted by the quick moment
Jessica and Noah shared. Before he knew it, Joe was lifting him off
the ground by the throat. Joe slammed Jason to the ground forcefully.
He proceeded to drive left and right fists into Jason's face and
sternum. The street shook and cracks formed all down the road. After
several brutal blows, Joe grabbed Jason with one hand and lifted him
off the ground. He gave Jason a wink right before driving him back
down to the ground again. Blood poured out of Jason’s mouth.

“This is a
good look for you soldier boy,” Joe said mockingly. Noah
charged forward with fluid motion and evaded the massive arm Joe
swung. Noah found himself on Joe’s left side. He twirled and
drove his left elbow into Joe's ribs. Noah quickly shifted his body
and delivered a straight closed fist punch to Joe's face using his
right hand. The punch had Joe wheeling.

This was Noah's
moment. If he was in costume he would've taken out his sword and
ended Joe right then and there, but that wasn't an option. Instead,
Noah quickly followed the straight fist punch with a devastatingly
well placed kicked to Joe's kneecap. Chopping the big man down to his
level, Noah concluded his attack with an off the ground spinning kick
to the head.

Joe fell to the
ground lying flat on his back. Jessica and Jason both watched the
exchange thoroughly impressed by Noah's skill. At that moment Jason
thought to himself, Noah wasn't someone he wanted to fight to the
death. Noah pressed on. He moved forward and leaped off the ground
hoping to land a effective blow to Joe's head, but this time Joe was
ready for him. As Noah came back down, Joe caught him by his right
leg and flipped him up in the air. Joe quickly got off his back and
caught Noah mid air and slammed the former assassin hard to the
ground.

Jason grimaced,
knowing exactly how painful that was for Noah. Jessica lounged
forward. She lounged straight into Joe and drove him back into a stop
sign. She stood tall realizing this was the first time she landed an
offensive move on the massive man. Joe got back to his feet and
started swinging wildly. For Joe, there was nothing worse than having
a woman best him. That was something he had to correct immediately.

Jessica flew above
Joe to avoid his wild swings. Joe was getting madder by the minute.
He swung and swung at her but he missed each time. As Joe got madder
his height and size began to increase. He again swung at Jessica and
this time caught her leg. He aggressively threw Jessica as far as he
could.

Jason was now back
to his feet. He readied himself and took flight ready to rejoin the
fight. He didn't get too far when he felt the breeze of Jessica
flying passed him. At first he thought she was falling back, but he
quickly realized that she was flying involuntarily. Jason rapidly
turned directions and flew with lightning speed after her. The young
woman was just out of his reach and she plunged downward into a small
lake several miles from where she was thrown.

“Jessica!”
Jason screamed. He dove into the lake after her. Many of the
neighbors were either outside watching or looking on from one of
their windows. Just about all of them were capturing footage of the
fight. “Jessica can you hear me?” Jason asked
frantically. There was no response. “Jessica, please answer me!
Are you okay?”

Again there was no
response. Jason looked down towards Noah and noticed he was
struggling with Joe. He turned his attention back to Jessica and laid
her down on the ground. He began performing mouth to mouth on her and
desperately prayed for a response.

“Jessica!”
Jason shook the young woman hoping for some sort of response. Still
there was nothing. He again performed mouth to mouth on her, and this
time she started to cough. She coughed up a big gulp of water. She
looked around her surroundings and looked completely dazed and
confused.